News Trap 5.29.26 - This Time It's Different, Charlie Brown w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

News Trap 5.29.26 - This Time It's Different, Charlie Brown w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

This is a free preview of a subscribers-only episode. Click here to listen to the whole thing with a free 7 day trial. [https://www.patreon.com/posts/news-trap-5-29-159595268] Since the Iran war began many weeks ago, it feels like we're living in some kind of surreal rhetorical purgatory. Surveying the wider news landscape, though, a wider pattern emerges, and a "Charlie Brown" analogy reveals something a bit darker hidden in our collective basement.

News Trap 5.15.26 - K Hole w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

It's the best of times and the worst of times, as average Americans are paying more for pretty much everything while the stock market breaks records. What's up with that? Justin joins us this week to talk about the contradictions currently bracing up the global economy, as we map out how the Ukraine and Iran Wars are reshaping global power and the outlook for everything from gas and food prices to the "AI bubble." Plus, our usual speculations on the possibilities for progressive politics and leftist revolution within this particular social and economic climate. BUY BUY BUY or SELL SELL SELL? Click here for full episode! [https://www.patreon.com/posts/news-trap-5-15-k-158366319]

News Trap 5.1.26 - Hasan Piker and Tucker Carlson Walk Into a Bar... w/ Justin Rogers-Cooper

Recent debates about whether or not leftist streamers like Hasan Piker should be embraced by the Democratic Party lead Justin and me to explore how the "marketplace of ideas" intersects with the broad historical and economic forces that govern our collective destiny. Subscribe and hear the full episode here [https://www.patreon.com/posts/news-trap-5-1-26-157108973]

News Trap 4.10.26 - Summoning Aliens w Justin Rogers-Cooper (PREVIEW)

This week we check out the explosive Ronan Farrow piece on Sam Altman [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/04/13/sam-altman-may-control-our-future-can-he-be-trusted] and consider the intersection of AI, climate crises, and sociopathic personalities that defines this historical moment. Who is really in the driver's seat of our collective future? Listen to the full episode here [https://www.patreon.com/posts/news-trap-4-10-w-155300165]

Enshittification Hits the Left (PREVIEW)

Did Bernie's loss break the left's brain? Listen to the full episode here [https://www.patreon.com/posts/recorded-live-154350654]